The original Buster Brown retired to Fort Worth and was given the title the smallest Odd Fellow (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) in the world.

A recent University of Sunderland study reveals that Brazilian men are the most jealous. Swedish men and women are more concerned about sex than those in any other nation, and Japan is the least jealous country.

Emily Dickinson poems can be sung to the tune of “The Yellow Rose of Texas.”

Al Hirschfeld was commissioned in 1991 to portray various comedians on postage stamps for the USPS. Contrary to post office policy forbidding secret marks, he was allowed to insert his trademark Ninas into the depictions.

Louisiana’s state dog is the Catahoula Leopard Dog.

This article appears in July 18 • 2003.

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